Tabulating machine



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' J. LAST TABULATING MACHTNE Filed Dec. 14, 1925 48heets-Shee 4 314mmfor James Zasz,

Patented July 1, 1931 UNITED STATES JAMES LAST, OF :IINGSTON,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

PATENT OFFICE REMINGTON RAND INC., 0] NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE TABU'LATINQ g momma Application filed December 14, 1925, SerialNo. 75,843, and in Great Britain December 17, 192,4.

The present invention relates to statistical, calculating and likemachines which are operated by mechanical records such asperforatedcards, and relates more particularly to a machine of theadding-printing tabulator type operated by perforated i'ecord cards.

Machines of this character as heretofore constructed provide means foranalyzing or sensing the perforated cards and simultaneously with suchsensing operation transfer and set into operation mechanism for record--ing the sensed data in the machine. Also insuch machines a designationmeans has been provided as a distinct and separate 1 entity from otherparts or units of the machine whereby a change of designation fromv onegroup of cards. to another group results in the automatic stopping ofthe machine. Also in such machines it is necessary to providesupplemental cards, for effecting a clearing ofthe machine and fortaking a total.

Some of the objects of the present inven; tion are to provide means toovercome the disadvantages of machines of the character mentioned; toprovide an improved tabulating'machine wherein the speed of the machineis materially increased without introducing factors of error anduncertainty of action; to

provide a machine in which the designation control as a "separate unitis ellmmated and certain adjuncts of the machine" caused to have a'dualfunction; to provide means whereby a change of designation in a runof wI 'has a card feeding mechanism 1O, ({Fig. 2),

cards automatically causes the machine to take a total; to provide forflexibility in the use of the designation control whereby any column ofa card can be employed for"'designation control, or a single column canbe used for designation control from any selected field of the card or apart of such field; to provide means for automatically clearing thecarry members of the machine prior to taking the total; to provide meansfor causing the sensing o ration and the operation of transferring t edata sensed to take lace successively; to provide a machine 0 the resentcharacter in which the ordinary functions of the machine or some of themare continuous during the total taking; to provide means for taking atotal at a higher speed than the speed of the machine while normallyfunctioning for analyzing operation; to provide means for automaticallyclearing the machine after a total has been taken and prior to thetransfer of items or data from the first sensed card of a group having achange of designation; to provide means for analyzing a card duringone-half of the stroke of the analyzing unit and to'transfer theanalyzed data on the other half-of such stroke; to provide a machinewherein a greater number of cards can be passed through the machine in agiven time than has heretofore been possible in the same given time; andtoprovide other improvements as will hereinafter appear.

" l-In the accompan ingdrawings Fig. 1 represents a detail in sideelevation of the upper portion of an adding machine embodying one formof'the' present invention; Fig. 2 repre-.

sentis;.-the lower (portion of the same; Fig. 3 represents an en detailshowing the cam con- :trol;"F -ig.. 1 represents a portionofthe restormbar 'actuatin' means; Fig. 5 represents a detail similar to ig. l-butshowing the sector and associated parts in designation position; Fig. 6represnts adetail of a latch control; Fig. 7 represents an enlargeddetail of the restoring bar and its adjuncts and-Fig. 8 represents adetail in rear elevation of the analyzing unit and its connected parts.

Referring to the drawings, a machine in which one form of the present"invent-i on is embodled is shown, and generally. considered ananalyzing unit 11 and stop mechanism 12 (Fig. 1) controlled thereby," atype setting sector mechanism 13 including a designation control, aprinting and recording mechanism 14,-and an operating and totaltaking'mechanism 15, (Flgi5).

s here shown the card feeding mechanism as analyzed, to a receiv ingmagazine 24 or any other suitable receptacle for the purpose. The setsof feed rolls 18 and 23 are driven by any suitable mechanism, and thepicker 17 is properly reciprocated by a rock arm 26 under the control ofa spring pressed rod 27 carrying a roller 28 held in contact with theface of a cam 30 fixed to the main shaft 31.

For the purpose of reciprocating the pin box 32 so that the slidablymounted pins 22 are brought into sensing relation with respect to thecard in the registration passage 20, the ends of the pin box 32 areattached respectively to two depending arms 33, (Figs. 2 and 3), each ofwhich mounts a cam roller 34 to be held in contact with a cam face 35 ofa cam groove 36 in a cam 37 fast to the shaft 31. Springs 38 stretchedrespectively between the arms 33 and fixed points ensure the rollers 34following the contour of the cam face 35. The opposite face 40 of thecam groove 36 has a portion 41 concentric with the shaft 31 and oppositeto the total portion 42 of the face 35 in order that the 5 pin box 32may have a short rest period at the end of each stroke of the pin box aslong as accumulation is taking place.

To prevent the pin box 32 lowering into contact with the total portion42 when the concentric portion 41 is reached, a latch 43 is provided andpivoted to a fixed part so that the action of a spring 44 normally holdsit under a lug 45 fixed to one of the arms 33 or other convenient part.A latch disengaging arm 46 is pivoted to the latch pivot 47 and isarranged to engage a pin 48 on the latch 43 when rocked by a connectinglink 50 during total taking. Under ordinary accumulation the latch 43 isautomatically released by a cam 49.

The result of each sensing or analyzing operation is transferred tocertain operating adjuncts of the machine and finally appears as aprinted item on the record paper 51 which is automatically fed about aplaten 52 arranged to receive the impact of the type 53 as each isbrought to printing position and struck by a hammer 54. The paper feedand hammer mechanism are actuated in proper timed relation by anysuitable mechanisms known in the art and as they form no part of thepresent invention no illustration is made thereof.

In order to set the type for printing purposes, a plurality of typesectors 55 is provided and corresponding in number to the number ofcolumns of the schedule. Each sector 55 (Fig. 1), carries the desirednumber of type 53, which generally correspond in number to the number ofdata points or numbers in a record card column, and is controlled by itsrack sector 56 which is connected thereto by a pin and slot connection57. All the pairs of type sectors and rack sectors are pivoted upon acommon rod 58 and are thrown to operati e position, when permitted, bysector actuating springs 60 respectively stretched between a fixed partand the several restoring pawls 61 which are respectively pivoted at 62to extension arms 63 of the respective type sectors and as the actuatingmeans therefor are similar the description will be confined for the sakeof clearness to one unit and its associated par-ts.

As a means for restoring the sectors, a re storing bar 64 (Figs. 1, 4, 5and 7) is provided extending transversely of the sectors and having itsends anchored in the restoring frame plates 65. This restoring frame isarranged to be rocked in proper timed relation by means of a cam plate66 having its cam slot 67 receiving a roller 68 mounted on one end ofthe frame plates 65. Motion is transmitted to the plate 66 by means of alink 70 which receives its reciprocating motion from a crank arm 71under the control of suitable operating mechanism well understood inthis type of machine. Each restoring pawl 61 terminates in a hook 72which normally engages over the restoring bar 64 so that on the forwardor setting movement of the sector 56 the spring 60 will causethe hook 72to follow the movement of there storing bar 64 until the sector isstopped in its difl'erential positions and hence upon the return orrestoring stroke of the bar 64 it will engage'and carry the, hook 72 andits pawl back to the initial position.

In order to stop the rack-sector '56 in position locating the desiredtype of the type sector 55 in printing position, vertically movablestops 73 are arranged in a row beneath the rack sector 56 so that anyone which is projected upwardly will be set in the path of movement of astop lug 74 on the sector 56 and which is normally held by a zero stop75 on the movable shutter 76. This shutter 76 is arran ed to be movedout of the path of the lug 4 by the upward movement of any of the stops73. The stops 73 are mounted for sliding movement in a suitable cage 77and are arranged to be respectively actuated by extension rods 7 8,(Fig. 2), the lower ends of which are guided through a plate 80 intorelatively close'proximity to the pin box 32.

Movement is transmitted from the analyzing unit to the extension rods 78on the nonanalyzing portion of the stroke of the pin box 32, and toaccomplish this action each pin 22 has a detent 81 pivoted to it andconstrained by a spring 82 to swing to a position below the extensionrod 78 which its pin 22 is to control. In the up position of the pin box32 the free ends of those detents 81 not set by an analyzing operationrest against the sides of the respective extension rods, but in thelower or analyzing position any pin 22 which has passed through aperforation in the card will bring its detent 81 out of en gagement withits extension rod 78, and

. pin box.

- to by a rock arm 8 1 connected by a link 85 to a pivoted lever 86which is shifted in one direction by a spring 87 and inrthe other direction by a roller 88 arranged to be enga d by a dwell 90, on the cam37.

he foregoing construction provides a means whereby the analyzing of acard and the setting of the sector stop mechanism 12 takes placesuccessively, insteadof simultaneously as in priormachines, and'thereby,materially increases the speed of the machine because it is nowpossible to feed a second card into the mach'ne while the adding andprint:

ing operations of the 'first'cardare taking.

place. I v i For the purpose of designation control thef presentinvention eompreheiids broadly-the r automatic takingof a total on achange: of designation without employing a separate or independentdesignation mechanism infiu enced by the change in thedesignationcohum'nof the card. In the embodiment of'the invention here illustrated, byway of example, the rack sectors 56 themselves are utilized to sense achange in designation and cause the proper functioning of the totaltaking mechanism, and while in general several sectors act asdesignation control but one and its partswill be here described.

The present means whereby a sector 56 functions also as adcsignationcontrol ineludes a stepped arcuate arm 91 connected at oneend to the restoring pawl 61 and hav-- ing its teeth 92 arranged to beengaged by a selecting crankpawl 93, (Figs. 1 and 5), pivoted on a rod94. \Vhen the sector 56 is not to be set for designation control, the

crank pawl 93 is held out of engagement with the arm 91 by means ofa pin95 located in a slot. 96 of a selecting slide 97 which is normally heldby a pivoted .lateh 98 against the tension of a spring 100. The latch 98is pivoted about a rod 101 and when lifted releases the slide 97 to theaction of the spring 100 so that the crank pawl 93 is free, unlessotherwise restrained, to swing to engagement with the teeth 92 of thearm 91. Periodically, however, a holding bar 102 is interposed in thepath of the free end of the crank pawl 93, and the latter is thereforereleased only at the proper time in the cycle of operations.

in order to retain the sector 56 in its designation control position, aninverted ratchet sector 103, common to all the sectors 56. is provided,and has its ends supported by arms,

similar to the. one 104 shown, which are mounted for rocking movement onthe rod 58; This sector 103 is interposed between the hook arm of therestoring pawl 61 and the stepped arm 91, its position being such thatit will be engaged by the hook nose 105 of the restoring pawl 61corresponding to the sector selected for designation control. \Vhen soengaged by the nose 105 the sector 103 is arranged to be periodicallylocked during analvzin operations by means including an arm 106, *ig. 5,rigidly connected to one of the arms 104 and operatively connected bylink 107 to a lever 108 whose free end lies in the path of a dwell 110on a cam disc 111. When said dwell is in contact with the end of lever108 the bar 103 is held against rocking toward the rear of the machinebut is free to rock as far as this particular train of mechanism isconcerned as soon as the dwell leaves the end of lever 108 which it doesat about or just before the position of the parts shown in Fig. 5. Aswill hereinafter appear dwell 110 prevents rocking of the part 103during that period of an ordinary analyzing cycle in which the stop pins73 are depressed.

The holding bar 102 is in the nature of a bail bar supported by "arms112, pivoted on shaft 94. One of these arms 112 has rigid j therewith anarm 113 to which is pivoted a link 114, the lower portionof which isguided in its lengthwise movement by a slot in said link engaging thefixed pivot 115 of a lever .116; This lever has aboncentric cain slot117, into which projects a pin 118, fasten the link 114. The end of theslot has an inclined extension 119, such thatwhen the lever 116 isrocked, this incline, acting on the-pin 118', will exerta. thrust onlink'll i anctswing bar 102 forward out of contact with the dogs orpawls 93. The lever 116 is swung, forthis purpose, by a' spring 120stretched between said lever and the lowerend of link 114. At

the point in the operation illustratedin Fig.

,5 this lever 116v is locked in its inactive pos1- tion with thespring-120 stretched by means of a latch 122 pivoted to alonglink123,.said

-latch being controlledby a spring 124 connected thereto and to thelink. The: link 123 has pin and slot connection with-an arm' 126 fast onthe main operating rock shaft 300 of the head or upper part of themachine, this rock shaft being operated at suitable times by meansincludinga lever 127 fast on its end. As will hereinafter appear, whenthe arm 126 is swung toward the front of the machine the link 123 doesnot ordinarily follow it, and the pawl 122 has an inclined tail 125adapted to be operated atsuch times by the arm 126 so as to release thepawl 122 when arm 126 swings forward with the'result that spring 120,acting on lever 116 and link 114, moves bar 102 to its inactiveposition.

As will hereinafter appear, in a total taking operation the link 123does follow the arm 126 in the forward motion of the latter. hen thisoccurs the pawl 122 moves so far toward the front of the machine that itpicks up the end of the lever 116 and on the return stroke of arm 126and link 123, this pawl restores lever 116 and bar 102 to the positionin which they are shown in Fig. 5, thus moving bar 102 to its rearposition where itacts on pawls 93.

In order to clear the machine, by returning carried sectors to zero, acarry clear bar 130 is pivoted at 131 to a. fixed part and is connectedto an operating arm 132 which is swung on its actuating stroke by aspring 133 and returned to inoperative position by the movement of thearm 126 in which position it is normally held by a pin 135 latchedagainst a shoulder 136 formed on the carry clearing link 123. This link123 is held in latching position by a pawl 137 arranged to drop behind alug 138 on the link 123 and its disengagement from the pawl 137 iseffected by the downward movement of a pin 140 on the link 107. As soonas the lug 138 is lowered below the pawl 137, the link 123 is free tomove to the left, (as seen in Fig. 5) under the influence of a spring141stretched between a pin 142 and the arm 126. The movement of the link123 also frees the arm 132 so that it swings the carry clearing bar 130into engagement with the rear of those sectors which are in carryposition. The movement of the carry clearing bar 130 is here used totransmit motion by way of a crank 143 to the link which releases the pinbox latches 43 (Fig. 2) in order that the pin box is free to bedepressed by the springs 38 until its rollers 34 are in contact with thetotal taking portion 42 of the cam 37.

The timing and operation of the main opcrating arm 127 is such thatwhilst for addition and for listing of a group of items it runs at onespeed but in the cycle in which a change is detected, a total printed,and the first item of a new group is added, itruns at twice its forme'rspeed. That is to say normally it properly follows the analyzing cycleof the pin box but when a total taking operation is taking place thearm127 has two working strokes during one revolution of the main shaft31. Thus the lower end of the operating arm 127 is connected to a crankdisc 144 fast to a bevel gear 145 (Fig. 8), of an epicyclic gear unit,the said gear 145 and its crank disc 144 being loosely mounted on theshaft 146, but normally driven thereby through a pawl 147 engaging a lug148 on the crank disc 144. Bevel pinions 149 are connected together andmounted to rotate with the shaft 146 and are also in mesh with a bevelgear or sun member 150 freely mounted'on the shaft 146. This sun member150 is provided with a shoulder 151 (Fig. 5), arranged, under totaltaking conditions, to be engaged by a pivoted pawl 152 so that when suchengagement takes place the sun member 150 will be held stationary andthereby cause the pinions 149 to drive the disc 144 two revolutions foreach revolution of the shaft 146.

In order to throw the pawl 152 into the path of the shoulder 151 on thesun member 150, it is connected by a link 153 with the end of a lever154 which is pivoted at 155 and connected at its opposite end to thelink 50. This latter connection is by a pin 156 on the lever 154 andriding in a slot 157 of the link 50 whereby a clearance is provided toallow the lever 154 to be held in 1ts set position longer than the link50 .is in its upper position. A spring 158 maintains a tenslon on thelever 154 so that the pawl 152 is thrown out of engagement with the sunmember shoulder 151 at the proper time.

To retain the pawl 152 in engagement with the shoulder 151 through onerevolution of the shaft 146 a ring segment 160 is arrangedconcentrically with the shaft 146 and projects from a face of a hub 161on the shaft 146. The opening 162 in the ring 160 is arranged and timedso that it receives a pin 163 projecting laterall from the end of thelever 154, and hence while the pin 163 is riding on the inner face ofthe segment 160, the pawl 152 will be held in engagement with theshoulder 151 of the sun member 150. The shaft 146 receives its motion bymeans of a shaft 164 driven from the main shaft 31.

For the purpose of actuating the accumulator wheels 165 (which arecarried by pivoted links 166) in timed relation with the rack sectors56, a link 166 extends downward- 1y from the wheel frame and joins onearm 167 of a bell crank, the other-arm 168 of which carries a pin 170which is arranged to be locked in disengaged position of the accumulatorwheels 165 by a latch 171. Movement is transmitted to the arm 167 by twosprings 172 and 173 acting oppositely thereon, the spring 172 beingstretched between a pm 174 on the arm 167 and a pin 175 on one arm 176of an engaging lever, the other arm 177 of which carries a roller 178.The spring 17 3 is stretched between the pin 174 and a pin 180 on afixed part of the machine frame. The spring 172 is stronger than thespring 173 in order to swing the accumulator wheels 165 into mesh withthe rack sector 56 when the latch 171 is displaced the arm 177 havingbeen rocked upwardly by the travel of a cam dwell 181 under the roller178. The parts are now held with the accumulator wheels 165 inengagement with the sectors 56 by a latch 182 hooking over a pin 183 onthe arm 176. The latch 182 is pivoted to a fixed part and has a tripfinger 184 located in the path of movement of the pin 142 on theclearing link 123 whereby the engaging lever 176 is released on theforward stroke of the link 123. This mode of disengagement functionsonly for total taking operations, and when the wheels 165 are controlledfor accumulating, the latch 182 is released by. a slotted arm 185 havingpin connection with a. second finger 186 of the release latch 182. p

In order to release the engagement timing latch '17 1 so that thecontrolling bell crank 168 is released so that the accumulator wheels165 engage the gear sectors 56 at the completion of the outward stroke,a cam dwell 187 is formed 011 the cam 144 in offset relaspring 196connected to a fixed pin 197.

The operation of the machine is as follows: As each sector56, has aseparate selecting latch 98, any sector, or more than one if necessary,can be selected for designation control purposes. Furthermore, by thepresent anrangement, any column of the card may be taken for designationcontrol purposes and thrown into anysector selected for such control.

Having chosen the desired sector 56, its latch 98 is lifted, (as shownin dotted lines, Fig. 5 to thereby release the selecting slide 97to t eaction of the spring 100, and

the slide 97 thereupon brings the rear end of the'slot 96 against thepin 95 of the selectin crank 93. Now when the designating contro sector56, that is the one related to crank 93, has reachedits outward positionin the cycle, as determined by the sensing of the first card of a group,the upper member 126 of the operating arm 1 27 raises the tail 125 ofthe latch" 122 and thus releases the arm 121 of the cam crank 116. Thespring 120 thereupon swings the cam crank 116 clockwise,as seen inFig.5, to shift the link 114 so that the shaft 94 rocks in the direction toremove the rod 102 from the selecting crank 93 and the latter is thenfree to engage the adjacent tooth on the toothed arm 91. An

upward movement of the restoring pawl 61 has been caused by the over runof the re storing bar 64 along its under side, and hence the 'hooknose105 is in engagement with the invertedcommon ratchet sector 103. -Theposition at which tooth 105 engages the common ratchet sector 103 hasbeen determined by the stop 73 by which the'sector 56 has beenpositioned. The load which the spring 100 applies to the selecting crank93 results 'ina movement about the pivot 62 of the restoring pawl 61greater than that resulting from'the pull of the sector actuating spring60, and consequently the hook 72 of that restoring pawl 61 will be heldout of the path of the restoring bar 64 on its restoring movement. Thecommon ratchet sector 103 is pivotally held at this time because it isconi nected to a link 107 and lever 108, which are held by the cam 110against return movement at this particular time, which is when the stops73 are down and going through a new sensing operation. It should here benoted that the common ratchet sector 103, if released from the cam 110,can move on its forward stroke through a small angle when the stop lugon the sector 56 whose restoring pawl is engaged with the COIIlll'lOIlratchet sector 103 is not, retained by any stop such as when adesignation stop which originally positioned the sector fails to belifted following the sensing of a card exhibiting a change indesignation.

[.In other words, if this sensing operation link 123 and therebydisengage t e shoulder 136 from the pin 135 and the lug 138 from thepawl 137. This releases the carry-clear bar 132 to the action of thespring 133, and it therefore immediately swings in the direction toreturn all rack sectors 56 in the carry position up to the zeroposition.The accumulator wlfeels 165 have by this time been disengaged from therack sectors 56 by the mechanism described. The movement of thecarry-clear bar 132 to the left, as seen in Fig. 5, is transmitted tothe link 193, and raises the engagement timing pawl 171 so that thecontrol crank 168 is released to the action of the spring 172, whichthereupon swings the arm 167 and arm 166 in adirection to bring theaccumulator WhBBlS'iIltO mesh with the rack sectors 56. This action ispreceded by the engagement of the cam 181 with the control crank roller178, so that the said crank 177 is brought into latching engagement withA the release timing latch 182 and thereby holds the accumulator wheelsduring the total taking forward stroke of the sectors.

to return the rack sectors 56 to zero is also employed to lift the link50, rock the lever 154 counterclockwise against the tension of itsspring 158, and thereby draw the pawl 152 into the notch 151 of the sunmember of the epicyclic gearing. This causesthe disc crankdrivingme'mber 144 to cause the operating arm 127 to make tworevolutions during the ensuing revolution of the operating shaft,instead of one as is normally the case when the sun member 151 is notengaged and the disccrank 144 is driven directly from the shaft 146 bthe pawl 147. The n )ward movement 0 the link 50 also causes t e pin boxdisengaging arm 46 to release the latch 43 from the pin box lug 45, sothat the pin box falls to the position determined by the The movement ofthe carry-clear bar 130 v radius of the total portion 42 of the maincams 37. The card which has caused the foregoin sequence of operationsdue to its change 0 designation has been ejected immediately on thefirst up stroke of the pin box to withdraw the selector pins 22 from thecard, but the radius of this total portion 42 of the main cams is suchthat the selector pin pawls 81, which were not employed to raise stops73 after the sensing of the card just ejected, are not broughtsufficiently low to swing under the lower ends ofthe push rods 78. Atthe same time, this depression of th pin box and its interconnectedframe which carries the rod 78, is sufficient to allow the lifted stops73 to clear the heels of the sectors, so that the latter are free toswing on the total taking stroke. These last functions are coincident intime with the engagement of the accumulator wheels 165, and areimmediately followed by the forward swing of the sectors on the totaltaking stroke and the completion of this stroke is followed by theprinting of the total and the disengagement of the accumulator wheels165, because the pin 142 in the carry-clear bar link 123 engages the arm184 and releases the latch 182 so that the spring 17 3 is now unopposedby the spring 172 and results in the withdrawal of the accumulatorwheels. This free outward movement of the carry-clear bar link 123allows the latch 122 to again engage with the arm 121 of the cam crank116, while the cam 110 of the operating shaft 146 has restored theinverted common ratchet sector 103 to the position it occupied beforeits out ward change detecting swing, and it is there retained so thatthe sector engaged with it is in the correct position for printmg: Thenext forward swing of the operatin arm 127 causes the cam crank 116 tobe roc edto its return position, and thereby swings the rod 102 to theposition where it disengages the selecting crank 93 from the toothed arm91, so that on the following portion of the forward swing, which iscoincident w th the return swing of the restoring bar 64, therestoringpawl 61 is caused by the spring 60to shift the hook 72 into thepath of the restoring bar 64, and thus, at the end of the stroke, theselected designation control sector is restored to zero along with theother sectors in the machine. While this'is taking place, the shoulder136 of the carry-clear bar link 123 swings the carry-clear bar 132 awayfrom the rack sectors, and the retaining pawl 137 is engaged behind thelu 138 to hold the parts in position. It shoul be noted that just priorto the commencement of the forward stroke of the operating arm 127 theopening 162 of the ring 160 is so rotated thatthe inner wall of the ringnow retains the' in 163 so that the pawl 152 is held engage in the notchof the sun member of the epicyclic train, this being necessary dueto thefact that the link 50 has been returned to its down position through thereturn action of the carry-clear bar 132. The completion of the totalportion of the cycle coincidesiwith the arrival at the pin box roller 31 of the second lifting portion 201 of the pin box cams, so that the pinbox is now again raised and. those selector ins which passed throughperforations in the card just ejected and whose pawls thereby becameengaged with the under sides of the rods 78 now lift the related stops73 and the second revolutionof the disc crank 144 now takes place.The.cam1 181 again swings the engaging lever 177 and tension the spring172 before the commencement of the forward swing of the sectors and thecam 187 trips the latch 171 so as to allow the accumulator wheels to'beengaged before the commencement of the rearward swing of the sectors.The carry-clear bar link is now 'retained by the pawl 137 and thecompletion of the out stroke of the sectors and that of the upper end126 of the operating arm is followed by the removal of the bar 102 fromthe selecting crank 93 due to the tripping of the latch 122.

This release of the selecting crank 93 allows the load of the spring 100to again be applied to the arm 91 to cause the hook 105 to engage and beheld by common ratchet sector 103 in the position determined by the newdesignation of the following group of cards, and the function of changedetecting is again prepared. The return stroke of the sectors 56 nowbegins and an accumulation is rolled in. On the completion of thisstroke the slotted link 185 trips the release timing latch 182 torelease the engaging lever 17 7 so that the spring 173 pulls down thearm 167 and disengages the accumulator wheels. By this time the normaloperation of the card feed has introduced the second card of the newgroup under the analyzing pins 22 and the cam 49, by tripping the pinbox latches 43, allows the lowering portion 200 of the pin box cams 37to depress the pin box to such a depth that the pawls 81 on thoseanalyzing pins 22 which pass through holes in the card will swing undertheir superposed rods 7 8 while those on pins 22 which are supportedby'blank portions of the card will rest against the sides of the resctive rods 78. The card is held momentarily in the registration passageby any well-known form of card stop mechanism. The pawl clearing rod 83is caused'to function the engagement of the cam 90 with the ro ler 88 ofthe link 85, and this takes place substantially with the action of thatportion of the lowering stroke which applies the analyzing pins 22, andthus removes those pawls 81, which hadlifted the rods 78 on the previoussensing operation, so that the retractor frame 202 coupled to thepin'box depresses all rods 7 8. The completion of the lowering of thepin box is accompanied by the release I ,raised by the engaged pawls 81,and coincidentally the lever 154 is released because its pin 163 comesopposite to the opening 162 of the ring 160. This release of the lever154. lifts the pawl 152 out of engagement with the sun member shoulder151 and restores the driven disc 144 to engagement with theshaft 146through the pawl 147 and shoulder 148 and it so continues until a changeof designa- 'tion causes the lever 154 to again throw the awl 152 intoposition to hold the sun memer 150. .4 While only a single form is shownin which this invention may beembodied, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to any specific construction, but might beapplied to various forms without departing from the spirit oftheinvention or the scope, of the appendedclaims. I f

Having thus described my invention, I claim: I f

. 1. In a machine of the character stated, I the combination of. anaccounting mechanism including a movable sector. set for card groupdesignation control, a total taking mechanism, a. card controlledanalyzing mechanism for controlling said accounting mechanism, and meansoperated by said sector in response to a change of group designationsensed bysaid analyzing mechanism for causing said total takingmechanism to function. 1 2. In a 'machine of the character stated, thecombination of an accounting sector, a total mechanism, and meansoperated by the m'ovement of said sector caused by a change ofcard'group designation for operating said total mechanismi 3. In amachine of the character stated, the combination ofa plurality ofaccounting sectors, a total mechanism, and means operated by themovement of any of said sectors .selected for group designation controlfor causing said, total mechanism to operate upon a changeof'designation.

' 4. Ina machine of the character stated, the combination of a pluralityof accounting sectors, a total mechanism, means operated by the movementof any of said sectors selected for group designation control forcausing said total mechanism to operate upon a change ofdesignation, andmeans to automatically .clear said sectors to zero position.

5. In a machine of'the character stated the combination of a pluraliiyof accounting sectors, a total mechanism, driving means for said sectorsandsaid total mechanism, means operated by the movement of any of saidsectors selected'for group designation control for causing said total tooperate upon a change of designation, and means for increasing the speedof said driving means duringsaid total taking cycle. I 4

6. In a, machine of the character stated,

the combination of a plurality of accounting sectors, a total mechanism,driving means for said'sectors and said total mechanism, means operatedby the movement of any of said sectors selected for group designationcontrol for causing said total to operate upon a change of designation,and means controlled by a designation control sector for increasing thespeed of said driving means during said'total taking cycle. I

7. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of aplurality-of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, driving means forsaid sectors and said total mechanism, means operated by the movementofv any of said 'sectors selected for group designation control forcausing said total to operate upon a change of designation, means forincreasing the speed of said'driving means during said total takingcycle, and means for restoring said driving means to its accountingoperat-' ing speed after said total taking cycle.

8. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting mechanism including a movable sector set for card groupdesignation control, a total. taking mechanism, a card controlledreciprocable analyzing mechanism for controlling said accountingmechanism, means operated by said sector in response to a change ofgroup designation sensed bysaid analyzingmechanism for causing saidtotal taking mechanism to operate, and means for varying the stroke ofsaid'analyzing mechanismduring said total taking cycle. I

9. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting mochanism including a movable sector set for card groupdesignation control, a total taking nism, a card controlledreciprocableanalyzing mechanism for controlling said accountingmechanism, means operated by said sector in response to a change ofgroup designation sensed by said analyzing mechanism for causing saidtotal taking mechanism to operate, and means for rendering saidanalyzing mechdesignatlon control, a total taking mecha- I lyize set-upofsaid pin box.

anism ineffective during said totaltaking cycle.

11. In a machine of the character stated,

the combination of an accounting mechanism counting mechanism, meansoperated by said sector in response to a change of group designationsensed by said analyzing mechanism for causing said total. takingmechanism to operate, and means controlled by said designation controlsector for rendering said analyzing mechanism ineffective during saidtotal taking cycle. v r

12. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices forcontrollin said sectors, 'a c'aid controlled analyzing mec anism forsettingsaid stop devices, a total taking mechanism, and means controlledby the movement of a sector selected for designation control forrendering said analyzing mechanism ineffective to set said stop devicesduring the operation of said total taking mechanism.

13. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices forcontrolling said sectors, a card controlled analyzing mechanism forsetting said stop devices, a total taking mechanism, and meanscontrolled by the movement of a sector selected for designationcontrol'to limit the travel of said analyzing mechanism during a totaltaking cycle whereb said analyzing mechanism is rendered ine ective toset said stop devices.

14. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of'anaccounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices forcontrolling said sectors, a card controlled analyzing mechanism, meansto move said analyzing mechanism to perform an analyzing operation upona perforated card, and means operable on the non-analyzing movement ofsaid analyzing mechanism to set said stop devices in accordance with thepreceding analyzing operation.

15. In a machine of the character stated, a set-upmechanism,areciprocable pin box, a device for holding perforated record cards in.the path of movement of said pin box, means to move said pin box intooperative relation with said device to analyze a card, and meansoperated \on the non-analyzing movement of said pin box for actuatingsaid set-u mechanism in accordance with the ana- 16. In a machine of thecharacter stated, the combination of' a set-up mechanism including alurality of stop setting bars, a pin box inclu ing a plurality ofanalyzing ins corresponding in number to said setting ars butrespectively disconnected therefrom, a device for holding perforatedrecord cards in the path of movement of said pin box, means to move saidpin box into operative relation with said device to analyze a card onone stroke and away from operative relation on a non-analyzing stroke,and means operable on said non-analyzing stroke for transmitting motionfrom the pin box pins selected on the l:nalyzing stroke to theirrespective setting ars.

17. In a machine of the character stated,

the combination of a'set-up mechanism including a lurality of stopsetting bars, a pin box including a plurality of analyzing inscorrespondin in number to said setting bars but respective ydisconnected therefrom, a device forholding perforated record cards inthe path of movement of said pin box, means to movesaid pin box intooperative relation with said device to analyze a card on one stroke andaway from operative relation on a nonanalyzing stroke, and meansincluding pivoted pawls operable on said non-analyzing stroke fortransmittin motion from the pin box pins selected on the analyzingstroke to their respective setting bars.

18. In a machine of the'character stated, the combinationof anaccounting sector, a total control mechanism, and means operated by saidsector for operating said total control 7 mechanism.

19. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting sector, a reciprocable pin box, and means controlled by saidsector for controlling the action of said pin box.

20. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting sector, a reciprocable pin box, and means controlled by saidsector for varying the stroke of said pin box.

21. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting sector, a total mechanism, operating means for said totalmechanism, and means controlled by said sector for increasing theoperating speed of said operating means.

22. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a pluralityof accountin sectors, a device for clearing said sectors, and meansactuated by a selecter sector for causing said device to operate.

23. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a cardcontrolled analyzing mechanism, an accounting mechanism and a totaltaking mechanism, an 0 rating shaft for said accountin and tota takinmechanisms, a main shat for driving said operating shaft and operatingsaid analyzing mechanism, means for driving said operating shaft at thesame speed as said main shaft while cards of the same group designationare analyzed to cause said accounting mechanism to function, and meansoperated automatically by :a change of group designation of said-cardsfor causing said operating shaft 'to make two revolutions while "thecombination of a card analyzing mecha- -10 nism, an accounting mechanismand a total mechanism, means operated by said analyzing mechanism whenanalyzing cards of like group-designation for causing said account- 'ingmechanism to function in a given period of time, and means operated bysaid analyzmg mechanism when analyzing a card of differentgroupfiesignation for causing said accounting mechanism and said totalmechanism to both function in the same period of mechanism to operate atone speed for accounting operations, and card controlled means forcausing said mechanism to operate,

" at a higher speed for total taking operations.

26. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a variablespeed mechanism, an accountingmechanism including a plurality ofsectors, means for causing said speed mechanism to operate at one speedfor accounting operations, and means controlled by one of said sectorsforcausing saidlspeed mechanism to operate at a higher speed for totaltaking operations; i

27. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a variable,speed mechanism, means for causing said mechanism to operate at onespeed'for accounting operations on perforated cards having the same agroup designation, and means automatically operated by a change of groupdesignation for causing said speed mechanism to operate at a higherspeed for total taking operations.

28. ha machine of the character stated, the combination of avariablespeed mechanism, anaccounting mechanism including a plurality ofsectors, means for causing said mechanismfto operate at one speed foraccounting operations on perforated cards having the same groupdesignation, and means controlled bya sector responsive to a change ofgroup designation for causing said speed mechanism to operate at ahigher speed upon a change of designation for total taking purposes. V

29. In a machine of the character stated, a main driving shaft, anoperating shaft, means for transmitting motion directly from saiddriving shaft to said operating shaft, means for transmitting motion ata higher speed from said driving shaft to said operating shaft, anaccounting mechanism including a sector, and means controlled by saidsector for automatically selecting said motion transmitting means.

30. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of anaccounting member, a total mechanism, and means operated by the movementof said member caused by a change of card group designation foroperating said total mechanism.

- 31. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of aplurality of accounting members, a total mechanism, and means operatedby the movement of any of said members selected for group designationcontrol for causing said total mechanism to operate upon a change ofdesignation.

32. A card controlled machine comprising accounting and total operatingmechanisms, an analyzing unit, means for effecting a control by a changein designation, and a printing mechanism, said machine being arranged tooperate in a succession of card controlled cycles, each cycle includingan operation of said analyzing unit, an operation of said accountinmechanism, and an operation of said printing mechanism, and meanscontrolled by said control effecting means for 7 operating said totalmechanismv and said printing mechanism in the same cycle with saidanalyzing, accounting and printing mechanisms, whereby printing of anaccounting operation and a total taking printing operapion take placesuccessively in the same c c e.

33. A card controlled machine comprising an accounting mechanism and aprinting mechanism, ;means for operating said machine in a series ofsuccessive card controlled cycles, aach c ole including an accountingoperation an a printing operation, and means actuated by acard of adifferent designation from-that of the immediately preceding card forcausing a second printing operation in the same cycle with the aforesaidaccounting and printing operations.

34. A card controlled machine comprising a accounting mechanism and aprinting mechanism, means for operating said machine in a series ofsuccessive card controlled cycles, each cycle comprising an accountingoperation initiated by a card, and means actuated by a card of adifferent designation from that of the immediately preceding card forcausing a printing operation in the same cycle with the aforesaidaccounting operation.

35; A card controlled machine comprising mechanism to operate twice inthe same said card cycle.

36. A card controlled machine com rising in combination an accountingmechamsm including a total taking mechanism, a main shaft, meanscontrolled by a card bearing a predetermined record for causing apredetermined operative relation between said main shaft and saidaccounting mechanism, and means controlled by a card bearing a differentrecord for causm a difierent operative relation between sai saidaccounting mechanism to operate said mechanism at a higher rate ofspeed.

37. A card controlled machine comprising accounting and total operatingmechanisms, an analyzing unit, means for effecting a control by a changein designation, anda printing mechanism, said machine being arranged tooperate in a succession of card controlled cycles, each cycle includingan operation of saidanalyzing unit and an operation of said accountingmechanism, and means controlled by said control effecting means foroperatin said total mechanism in the same cycle wi said analyzing andaccounting mechanism, whereby an accounting operation and a total takingprinting operation take place suc-.

cessively m the same cycle.

Signed at New York, county of New York,

State of New York, this 7th day of December, 1925.

JAMES LAST.

main shaft and

